CVE-2025-30528
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in the WordPress Awesome Logos plugin allows attackers to perform SQL injection via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Attackers can trick authenticated administrators into executing malicious SQL queries, potentially compromising the WordPress database. All WordPress sites using Awesome Logos version 1.2 or earlier are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Awesome Logos plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including data theft, data manipulation, privilege escalation, and potential remote code execution via SQL injection.
Likely Case
Database information disclosure, data manipulation, and potential site takeover through admin account compromise.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper CSRF protections and database permissions, though SQL injection risk remains if exploited.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick authenticated admin, but SQL injection payload execution is straightforward once CSRF succeeds.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.3 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find Awesome Logos plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete plugin, then install fresh version 1.3+ from WordPress repository.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Awesome Logos Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate awesome-logos
Implement CSRF Protection
allAdd WordPress nonce verification to all plugin forms and AJAX requests
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove Awesome Logos plugin completely and use alternative logo management solution
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block SQL injection patterns and CSRF attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for Awesome Logos version. If version is 1.2 or earlier, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get awesome-logos --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify Awesome Logos plugin version is 1.3 or later in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL queries in database logs
- Multiple failed admin login attempts followed by plugin actions
- CSRF token validation failures in web server logs
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with SQL injection patterns
- Requests with missing or invalid nonce parameters
SIEM Query:
source="web_server" AND (uri="*/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php*" AND (query="*SELECT*" OR query="*UNION*" OR query="*INSERT*" OR query="*UPDATE*" OR query="*DELETE*"))